Self-Portrait, from "Image de divers hommes: The true effigies of the most eminent Painters"
Portrait of Wenceslaus Hollar, half-length almost facing front, wearing doublet buttoned down the front and open over left shoulder; holding copper-plate of his St Catherine, standing next to table covered with etching tools in front of open window on right with church and roofs seen in distance on r, coat of arms on l; after Joannes Meyssens
Artwork Details
- Title: Self-Portrait, from "Image de divers hommes: The true effigies of the most eminent Painters"
- Series/Portfolio: Image de divers hommes: The true effigies of the most eminent Painters
- Etcher: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
- Publisher: Johannes Meyssens (Flemish, Brussels 1612–1670 Antwerp)
- Sitter: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
- Date: 17th century
- Medium: Etching; third state of five
- Dimensions: Sheet: 6 1/4 × 4 5/16 in. (15.8 × 11 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
- Object Number: 2012.136.624
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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